Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]
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Palestinians Refuse Talks until Settlement is Frozen
Shorter Mahmoud Abbas: We refuse to negotiate with Israel about territory it is actively stealing from us while we are talking about its future disposition.” […]
Iraqi Army Ups Presence in Sunni Cities with al-Maliki’s Rise
Bobby Ghosh at Time reports that the Iraqi army in Sunni Arab cities like Falluja has increased its presence. The announcement that Nuri al-Maliki has […]
Oceans Turning Acid from Carbon Emissions, Point to Biological Breakdown
The other problem with flooding carbon emissions into the atmosphere in such massive amounts, besides the certitude that it will cause the surface temperature of […]
O’Donnell would have Joined Hare Krishnas
Christine O’Donnell, candidate for senator in Delaware, was clearly a religious seeker in her youth. Bill Maher played a clip last night in which she […]
Iran Wins Iraqi Elections 7 Months Later
Although it make take some time yet to form a government in Iraq, Friday may have been a turning point. If so, it was a […]
On Paladino and Taking People Out
The thing that most disturbed me about the altercation between NY gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino and NY Post reporter Fred Dicker was Paladino’s threat to […]
Blogfather in Iran sentenced to 19.5 years for Dissent
Iran jails blogfather Hussein Derakhshan for nearly 20 years for blogging. Derakhshan made a lot of enemies when he started justifying the Ahmadinejad regime in […]
27 US Fuel Trucks Torched as Pakistan Blocks US Supplies at Khyber Pass for 2nd Day
Tensions between the United States (‘NATO”) and the Pakistani government boiled over on Thursday and Friday after American helicopter gunships killed 3 Pakistani Frontier Corpsmen […]
Americans are always Shouting About Religion But Don’t Know Much About It
Did you ever wonder how all that hysteria got going in August and September about mosque-building in the United States, in which Americans demonstrated themselves […]
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